During World War II, a group of British soldiers are captured by the Japanese, tortured and their hands are cut off. Years later, a mad killer terrorizes London by cutting off the hands of his victims.
Practical Effects
Gruesome hand-stump effects for 1960—shockingly visceral.
Acting
Reed De Rouen simmers with shell-shocked menace.
Director
Henry Cass
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hammer Films rejected the script for being too grim; this B-pickup became their loss and Henry Cass's sleazy claim to fame.
Released the same year as Psycho, this was Britain's attempt to cash in on psychological horror—except with way more prosthetic limbs and way less Hitchcock.
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